60 DAY 1

Technically, I suppose, my actual birthday was yesterday, but since I was sick I am counting today as "one."

So Day One:

I am off to work and stop off at my usual (every day I work) Jack in the Box for my usual (every day I work) Diet Coke.

I decide today I will not buy the usual Extra Large which I do not ever drink but I am in the habit of buying because it is 79 cents at McDonald's...but still order because it is a habit and is over $2.00 at JBox.

I order a medium, which is $1.95.  

Is your order correct on the screen?? says the man.

Yes! I reply driving to the window.

When I get to the window the girl says--that will be $1.40. I think, cool a promotion of some sort.  Then she says did you want catsup, as she hands me my diet coke.  OK, I think maybe she rang up the wrong thing.  I smile, taking the receipt and saying, I gave up Diet Coke and Catsup.

As I look at the receipt, I had a $.50 "Senior Discount."

One day and I am a senior.

The worst part is I look it up on the website and realize that I could have been getting a senior discount at JBox for 5 years since it starts at 55.  This is available at many places KYFry, Arby's, everyone's standbys...you should just ask.  It is rather embarrassing to be offered the discount.

For those of you anxious to find our where the "dish ran away with the spoon", Henry's Eyeglasses, case, and Cell phone case were laughing the whole week from the garage....where Henry put them when packing the car.
 

..and the dish ran away with the spoon...

Hey! diddle, diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon;
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.

I have a new twist on the nursery rhyme classic

Normally, I am the person who forgets something, can't find something, or I am basically not ready to leave on vacation. In past years I have forgotten my make up (frightening), shoes, pants, underwear, battery chargers, camera. You name it I have had to buy new!

This time all I hear is Henry yelling at the top of his lungs--I am sure the whole neighborhood could hear him. He could not find his sunglasses...any where. He looked for 1 hour and 5 minutes. We then had to retrace his steps the previous day, to no avail.

When we got to Santa Barbara this afternoon, he looked at me and said...I bet they are with my cellphone case...

...and Cathi laughed to see the switch
And the case ran away with the glasses!

Forgive this post if it looks odd...I am using my new iPad to post. For those of you who participated in the gifting thank you so much. I love it! You all need one.

WHAT'S IN A NAME

I introduced myself to someone today at work. 

I looked down at her name tag as I was shaking her hand, and said:  Cynthia, that should be easy to remember, my sister's name is Cynthia, she was very special to me.


She then told me her story.  When she came to this country she was in a refugee camp.  She spoke no English.  She said that one of the people who helped her so much in the camp did not speak her language but they had the ability to communicate with each other and that she felt a very special bond with this woman.  When she became a citizen she was asked what she would like her name to be.  She wanted to honor this woman, so she chose her name.  She said that her only regret was that she had lost touch with her and was never able to tell her what she had done.


We hear all the time, I am named after...I am naming my baby after.  In my case, I named my son after my father.


Can you imagine having such an impact on someone's life that when given a choice they would want your name?  Who would you be??



 

GOING CRUISING

Jorge Cruise is handsome, charming, and inspiring.  He is the author of many of my favorite "Diet Reads"...since I do not actually diet or exercise, I now just refer to them "reads."


He is the author of...Eight Minutes in the Morning....

which I would gladly give him...as well as





...the very popular  "Flat Belly Cure"

 which is something to which I aspire...

and, the latest, the "3-Hour Diet"..

 

a time constraint that I can probably stick with.

I admit to having most (or all) of these books tucked away, packed with my fantasies of actual abdominal muscles rather than fat globules...kind of like the ugly stepsisters keeping Cinderella hidden, just like my stomach muscles are currently.

So Jorge was in the store today with his family and lo and behold he is ordering my favorite lunch of all time...

Chocolate cake

Vanilla Ice Cream

Smothered in Chocolate Syrup 

At least I order it for lunch...he had it as an appetizer!  

So there!! 

We eat the same thing...he looks like that...and me, well, I still do not have a flat belly.